03012oam 22007094a 450 991052489780332120210915031139.01-4214-0243-2(CKB)3240000000068925(EBL)4398421(OCoLC)941695884(SSID)ssj0000607259(PQKBManifestationID)11385407(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607259(PQKBWorkID)10584559(PQKB)11560291(MiAaPQ)EBC4398421(OCoLC)794701434(MdBmJHUP)muse2828(Au-PeEL)EBL4398421(CaPaEBR)ebr11161138(MiAaPQ)EBC30378479(Au-PeEL)EBL30378479(EXLCZ)99324000000006892520061127d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHoly Hills of the OzarksReligion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri /Aaron K. Ketchell1st ed.Baltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2007.©2007.1 online resource (339 p.)Lived religionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8018-8660-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-294) and index.Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.Ketchell combines the study of lived religion, popular culture, evangelicalism, and contemporary American history to present an accurate and honest account of a distinctly American phenomenon.Lived religions.Popular cultureReligious aspectsChristianityRecreationReligious aspectsChristianityAmusementsReligious aspectsChristianityAmusementsMissouriBransonRecreationMissouriBransonBranson (Mo.)Religious life and customsElectronic books. Popular cultureReligious aspectsChristianity.RecreationReligious aspectsChristianity.AmusementsReligious aspectsChristianity.AmusementsRecreation277.78/797Ketchell Aaron K.1971-1104904MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524897803321Holy Hills of the Ozarks2627740UNINA